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himself fatally on the 30th ut because he
was suffering from heart.disease.

H1u4SS41 fatally Ou Tie O0Iu DCCduo0 no
was suffering from heart,disease.
TEXAS advices of the 30th ult concern
ing the drought in that State reported the
situation to be very serious.
NEAR Driscoll, d. T., an express tram on
the Northern Pacific Jumped the track on
the 30th ult. and precipitated five of its
seven coaches into a ditch. One man was
killed and seven other passengers were
seriously injured.
EDWARD E. SAMUELs, a prominent mer-
chant in st. Louis, who leaped from the
bridge at Nashville, Tenn, on the Both ult.,
receiving injuries from which he soon
afterward died, gave as his reason, that he
had broken promise to his wife to drink
no more.
AT Salt Lake City, Utah, heavy fall of
snow occurred on the 1st
MARGUERITE STEARNs HARRISON, wife of
the ex-mayor of Chicago, died on the 30th
ult, aged thirty-one years.
THREE colored thieves, the brothers Syl-
vester, were hanged to tree by white cit
liens of Proctor. w. Va, ON the Both ult
A HIGH wind in the GAINESVILLE (Wis.)
district on the I'd leveled number of to-
bacco sheds.
IN st. Martins parish, La, three cases
of genuine leprosy and three suspicious"
cases existed on the I'd. Two suspicious
cases were reported at New Orleans.
AT Louisville, KY, on the %, elevators,
warehouses; freight cars and other prop
erty were burned, the total loss being
S251 900.
The death of Rev. Arson Smith, D. D.,
one of the most prominent religious
and educational workers in the coun-
try, occurred at Cleveland On the I'd, at the
age of seventy-six years.
CHICAGO was swept by terrific wind
storm on the ID, and considerable property
was wrecked and several persons seriously
injured.
AN explosion in the rolling mills at South
Chicago, ILL.,, terribly burned nine men on
the I'd.
THE recent wind and hail-storm at Min
neapolis was reported on the I'd to have
done damage to the extent of $780, 200.
OWING to a disagreement about wages
about twenty-six hundred employees of
Cincinnati shoe factories were "locked
out" on the 3D.
OVER three thousand Chicago bod car
riers went on strike on the ID for higher
wages.
AN increase of wages being refused, over
five hundred coopers in Milwaukee struck
on the ID.
CHICAGO has been selected as central
reserve National bank city under the new
law.
THE immense plant of the Chicago Bridge
Company at Fortieth street and Stewart
avenue, was burned on the Cd. The loss
was $400; 000 Two firemen were seriously
injured and one man was killed.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-06
NONE LEFT TO TELL THE TALE.
The Steamer John Knox Founders off the
Newfoundland Coast-The Entire Crew

The Steamer John Knox Founders off the
Newfoundland Coast-The Entire Crew
of Thirty Lost.
ST. JOINS, N F., May 4-The first news
reached here yesterday afternoon of an
other marine disaster that occurred at the
southwest island of Channel Harbor, to
the eastward of Cape Ray. Last Satur-
day night, shortly after midnight, the in
habitants of the neighboring shore were
reused from their slumbers by the
sound of steamships horn. Hasten
ing to the edge of the water they
peered through the darkness, rain and fog
to locate the position of the blowing
steamer, and presently rockets were OBJ
served to shoot up in rapid succession,
showing that the unknown craft was in
need of assistance. The ship was only
about four hundred yards from land,
but heavy gale and tremendous
sea prevented boats being sent
to the rescue. Torches and tar
barrels were burned along the
beach and bells sounded in order to give
the imperiled people an idea of their posi-
ton, but beyond this it was absolutely
impossible to make any attempt to relieve
the steamer. The signals made from the
shore could be seen on board, and heart
rending cries from those in distress
were heard At 2:3O o'clock, two
hours after the alarm was first given, the
ship made a plunge and disappeared
beneath the sea. The storm continued I'M
til daybreak, when it subsidized sufficiently
to allow boats to put off to the scene OF the
nights catastrophe There was plenty of
wreclzage found floating around, aud it
was found that the steamer John Knox,
Captain Brolly, from Glasgow, bound to
Quebec with a cargo Of iron, liquors and
brick had gone down.
The bodies of the captain and fifteen of
the crew have been recovered, and one of
the latter has been identified by certifi-
cate of discharge found in the coat pocket
as that of Fireman John Mcclure. As the
steamer had a crew of about thirty, there
are over dozen bodies still missing. The
John Knox was an iron steamer of 1851
tons register, and was built at Jarrow in
1888 She was owned by Neil Mclean, Of
Glasgow
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-06
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE,

IT was reported from Montreal on the
28th that at all the villages along the river
the water was once more confined within
the rivers banks. The destruction of prop
erty had been great in the flooded districts.
A CAIRO dispatch of the 28th says that
| the Arabs in a skirmish with a force of
| Egyptians lost two hundred killed and
wounded and the Egyptians forty
wounded.
A HURRICANE which swept over the
| northeast coast of Australia recently de-
stroyed the pearl fishing fleet, numbering
400 boats, and $50 persons persisted.
THE steamer Benton, of Singapore, was
on the 28th reported sunk, in collision
with bark off the Island of Formosa, and
$50 persons were drowned.
THE Mexican Minister of Foreign Affairs
stated positively on the goth ult that there
| was not single case of cholera in Mexico
or Central America.
A FIRE completely wiped out Sils, a
| Swiss village in the Canton OF Grissons,
on the 3Oth ult.
TREASURER JORDAN returned from Eu-
rope on the Both ult and resumed his du-
| ties at the National capital
DURING April the departures from
Queenstown for the United States num-
bered 1885, against 1855 during the COR
responding month of 1885.
| THE Soudanese forces had on the I'd been
dislodged from Kassal and Osman Digma
and Abu- Girga captured.
| THE Chill cholera epidemic was on the
I'd reported to be abating, and it was pre-
| dicted that it would entirely disappear
within fortnight The victims in Santi-
ago de Chill alone numbered nearly 1890
THE new Italian commander at Masso-
wah had proclaimed state of siege in
| Massowah and its dependencies.
A CLOSE political union has been formed
| between the Central American States
| Guatemala, Honduras, San Salvador,
| Nicaragua and Costa Rica-based upon the
| pledge that all differences between them
hereafter shall be peaceably adjusted.
GERMANY officially stated on the I'd that
it had no intention of proelaiming a state
of siege in Alsace- Lorraine.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-06
THE TEXAS DROUGHT.
Small-Grain Crops a Failure and Corn in
Great Danger.

Great Danger.
GALVESTON, Tex, May 3.--The drought
of last year and that of the present season
are unparalleled. In extreme North
west Texas and in the extreme South
west there have been rains Of late
that will prove of incalculable BEN
eft to the cattle districts, but the ag-
ricultural districts, pure and simple,
except, perhaps, in a limited areain North
ern Texas, are suffering seriously for want
of rain, In all that belt of country be-
tween San Antonio and Austin, from Aus
tin TO Waco, from Waco to Bremond, and
down the Central railroad to Houston,
and in the circumference described
by this geographical circle, the crops
Of oats and small grain are al
most total failure, while corn that
should be we'll advanced and vigorous is
seriously wilted and in bad condition at
the roots. There is still time to make a
cotton crop, although it is now bound to be
late. Unless rains come within SIX or
eight days the corn crop in Texas will be
very much of failure. So serious is this
outlook that wholesale houses are with
drawing their men from the road.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-06
FIVE MEN KILLED IN A MINE.
A Pillar CoIlapses Near Ashland, Pa, with
Deadly Effact- L At

A Pillar Collapses Near Ashland, Pa, with
Deadly EFect-List of the Victims.
ASHLAND, Pa, April 2S.-Tunnel col
liery, owned by the Philadelphia and
Reading Coal & Iron Company, on the out
skirts of the town, was the scene of a
thrilling accident late yesterday after.
noon, resulting in the death of five per-
sons. One of the large pillars in the mine
collapsed, cutting off the retreat of the
men. A large force of men was put
to work to rescue the impris-
oned working-men, but the old employees
knew from the condition of the workings
that the unfortunates would never get
out alive. This, however, did not deter
the rescuers, and after several hours of
hard work the dead bodies of the men were
reached, all having been suffocated. They
were taken to the surface and removed to
their late homes. The victims are: Harry
Gill, fire boss, aged twenty-five years;
Michael Bohannon, aged twenty-six; Har-
ry Marron aged twentyfve; Daniel Finn,
aged thirty-seven; Ebenezer Francis, aged
thirty
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-06

The Humane Society of Washington
has voted gold medal to Captain
David Knode, boatman on the Chesa-
peakc & Ohio canal. The captain has
followed the towpath for nineteen
years continuously, and during that
time has worn out four boats, but has
driven the same team of four mules
from the day he went into business I'M
I'll now. Three of the animals are now
twenty-four years old, and one is TWEEN
ty-seven. They have never missed a
trip and never been sick or lame.
The team seems good for ten years
longer.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-06
An Anti-Poyerty League.

New YORK April 3l-There was meet.
ing yesterday afternoon of the members OF
the Anti-Poverty Society The officers
are: DR.. Edward McGlynn, President;
Henry George, Vica-PresiFent; Michael
Clark, Secretary; and Nathan Turner,
Treasurer. The cardinal point of the Anti.
Poverty Society's faith is that God has
made provision for the needs of all man
kind, ana that poverty is the result OF
vicious human laws which allow in il
viduals to hold as private property what
the Creator provided for the use of ALTO
wit the land:
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-06
Chicago as Reserve City-Indications of
Beneficial Results.

cago is likely to advance rapidly as none
tary center under the new law, whereby it
becomes central reserve city, is indi-
Gated by the fact that the terms of
the law were complied with, and
the city constituted a central reserve
city only Monday, ard already the Comp
troller of the Currency has received appll-
cations from banks in Milwaukee, Louis
vile, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati
and New Orleans to be allowed to select
Chicago banks in which to keep their re-.
serves. as they have been keeping them in
New York.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-06

A PRETTY, amiable, fashionable
young lady of Philadelphia, while re-
comfy visiting genteel family in New
York, was in the guests bedroom OF
the house where she was staying, en-
gagged in cleaning her pistol. 1t acct
dentally exploded, shooting her fatally
IN the head What business had a
pretty, amiable and fashionable young
lady with a pistol, cleaning and carry
ing it around with her on her visits,
like Montana cowbovp
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-06
A Noted Lawyer Passes Away.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, April IS Jonathan
W. Gordon, leading lawyer of this city,
died yesterday morning of congestion of
the brain, aged sixty-seven years. He was
the most prominent criminal attorney in
the State and had defended over sixty MUIR
der, cases, only one of which was decided
against him. His most noted case was the
celebrated Nancy Glenn case, which lasted
over six years, from 1868 to 1874, finally
ending in the woman's release on nolle
prosequi after she had been three times
convicted of double murder The de-
ceased was Major in the army during the
war, and served three terms in the State
Legislature, il two of which he was
Speaker.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-06
The National Bureau to Recommend the
Abolition of All Present Systems of Con-
yict TahOr

WASHINGTON, May THE report of the
National Bureau of Convict Labor has just
been completed, and will probably be is
sued to the public within ten days, from
the Government Printing Office at Wash
ington. The abolition of all sys-
tens of convict labor is recommend
ed, but in case this be not done the
estate account" system is referred to
as the least Objectionable. The investi-
CATION extends throughout the year of
1885. In that year it is shown there were
$1,000 persons i'll the prisons of the United
States engaged at convict labor. The av-
erage value Of their productions amount
ed to $46, 100000. The goods most
produced were boots and shoes,
over $40, 100000 worth having been made in
that year. Hardware comes next, and
after that the largest items are stoves,
brushes, brooms and clothing
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-06
Three Boys Drowned BY tae Capsizing Of
a SaiI-Boat.

BALTIMORE, Md, April Authorization
reached this city yesterday of the drown
ing in Chesapeake bay of three young sons
of George w. Hayward, prominent mer-
chant of Solomon's Island, in Southern
Maryland. The three boys, with colored
man, were returning IN a small sail-boat
from visit across the bay. The boat
capsized in heavy gale AMI two of the
boys, Frederick and Guy, were swept
away in the darkness. The colored man
and Bernard, the youngest boy, elung to a
mast until daylight, when Bernard lest his
hold anG was drowned. The coiorad man
was sseEsd up BY passing vessel. :
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-06
Shocking Accident in the Rolling Mill at
South Chicago.

CHICAGO, May Slate last night an ex-
plosion occurred in the North Chicago roll
ing mills at South Chicago, whereby nine
men were seriously burned and injured.
Their names are John Burns, James Gar
rigan, Patrick Dolan, James Carney, Dan
lei Shea, Philip Mortimer, Michael o. Con-
nell and James Locke. They were pour
ing molten iron into mold in which some
water had been left, and a terrific explo-
sion was the result. A large mass of the
molten metal was blown all over the
works, and some of the injured men were
horribly burned by it. Burns is expected
to die and several others are so badly
injured that recovery is almost out of the
question
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-06
The President to visit New Haven.

New YORK, May 3-The Heratd's New
Haven special says that the President and
Mrs. Cleveland will visit New Haven on
the evening of June II to attend the dedica-
ton Of the soldiers and sailors monument.
The President will be the guest of Prof
Marsh, of the Yale faculty. He will re-
main over night and will visit Yale College
next day, returning to Washington that
afternoon.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-06

The word "boodle" is having a
tremendous run all over the continent,
and is taking on various and singular
meanings. In the great cities it is
used when referring to che plumber
which political corruptionists make off
with. In the far West it means or
binary money. The Indians on a Utah
reservation call their annuities ''Uncle
Sans boodle," and a weekly paper
in Montana facetiously refers to
collection in church as resulting
IN 9 "goodly supply of Doodle" These
things are enough to make the perspi-
Patton start,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-06

ABOUT thirty years ago the United
States Congress appropriated 5000
for the purpose of experimenting upon
the introduction of the camel into this
country as beast of burden. Without
wishing to appear unduly hasty in call
ing attention to this matter, says the
Chicago Tribune, we must say that it
does seem as if sufficient time had
elapsed to justify an inquiry whether or
not the committee charged with the ex-
penditure of that money is ready to re-
port 1t must be obvious to everybody
that the experiment has not been fair
" tried.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-06

AFTER many long and weary CEN
turtles of waiting the holy City of Jeru-
salem is experiencing a boom at last.
The railway train rumblos through its
ancient streets, the sound of the car
penter's hammer is heard, the popula-
ton is increasing at an unprecedented
rate, and suburban lots are rapidly
rising in value.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-06
Home-Rule Agitation in England.

LONDON, May A home-rule agitation
has been organized throughout the west
of England. The Earl Of Rosebery is an
nounced to speak at Plymouth on the 9th
inst. in favor of the movement Rt Hon.
James Stansffeld, ex-president of the
local government board, will make a
home-rule speech at Newton Abbot on
June 4, and Baron Wolverton and Mr..
Sexton will jointly address meeting in
favor of Mr.. Gladstone's policy at Exeter
on June IL
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-06

} COMPLAINT is made that the "move-
mcnt of Texas cattle northward this
spring is very sluggish. = But really,
asks contemporary, why should any
one blame the Texas cattleP Human
beings driven hundreds of miles to be
slaughtered would be a great deal
more sluggish than the most sluggish
of the long-horns.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-06

WASHINGTON, May 3-The cholera cpl
demic in Chilli is reported to be abating,
and it is predicted that it will entirely dis
appear within a fortnight. The victims in
Santiago de Chilli alone number nearly
1900 The health Of Lima and Callao is
excellent, but poverty is increasing
throughout Peru, and suicides are becom-
ing alarminglY frequent
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-06

Mr. GEORGE GIBSON, of New York,
has the old silk hat which was worn
by Lincoln on his way to Washington
to be inaugurated. When he reached
New York, Lincoln was presented with
new hat by an enterprising halter, to
whom he gave his old one, little think
ing that it was worth many times as
much as the new.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-06

ACCORDING to the Brooklyn Citizen
the Senate of the United States is the
richest legislative body the world has
ever known. 1t is richer in the aggre-
gate than the British House of Lords,
much richer than the French Senate,
and far richer than the corresponding
bodies in Venice or in Rome.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-06

AN odd experience of book agent
in school is narrated in the Cleveland
Leader. The agent called upon the
superintendent, and, finding him out,
rang bell close at hand. 1t proved
to be a fire alarm, at the sound of
which six hundred well-trained pupils
arose and filed out of the building.
The agent soon sought "fields afresh. "
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-06

i Mrs. JAMES X. POLK gave the histo-
rian Bancroft public reception at her
home in Nashville the other day, which
was one of the most brilliant social
events of the season in that city. Mrs.
Polk said it reminded her of the recep-
tions at the White House during her
husbands administration. Mr.. Ban
croft is the only member of Mr.. Folks
Cabinet living.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-06

Mrs. MARY MILLER, of Hillsboro, N
H., is said to have fed eight squirrels
which came to her door from the woods
every morning during the past winter
for their breakfast Snow eleven feet
deep is enough to tame almost any
thing.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-06

ROYALTY has its Betsy and l are
Outs, " as well as the rest of frail hui
manity. The Queen of Servia has sep
arated from King Milan, her husband,
and has returned to her family in Rus
STA, on account of political and domes-
tic differences.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-06

Ex-Governor ADAMS, of Nevada,
says the heavy SHOWS of the past win
ter did the ranches great good, as as
sured profitable season for the cattle
men. He is himself largely interested
in that business.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-06
Held for Murder.

CLEVELAND, o., April 3O-Jennie and
Lottie Docile, Hattie Jewel and Carrie
Smith, the colored girls who whipped lit
tie Robert Brown to death last Monday
evening, were bound over TO The common
pleas court without bail. TheY are all
charged With murder In the iirst degree,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-06

In order to prevent smoking in his
dominion the Sultan of Morocco has
ordered that ner who offend shall
have their lips cut off. Several per-
sons have been dealt with in this way,
and they are now thoroughly cured.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-06
Schwartz and Watt.

MORRIS, IL, April BIN the circuit
court Thursday the time for filing papers
in the Schwartz-Wa case in support of
the motion for a new trial was extended to
Monday, May 2, and the time for the State
to file counter papers was extended to
Monday, May g. Opinion is still firm that
new trial will be denied
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-06
Rrained WhiIa Asleen.

MINNEAPoLIs, Mimi, May 3.-George
Gensler, sixty-four years old, was found
murdered in his restaurant at 20 First
street, north, early yesterday morning,
His mead was crushed with an axe while
asleep, There Is no clew to the murderer
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-06

A FRENCH newspaper copies an item
about a hot journal setting fire to an
American passenger coach, and changes
the journal to "a hot newspaper. "
That's giving the press of this country
TOO much credit.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-06
A KENTUCKY NOS.

1t Thirsts for Revenge Upon the Burly
Assailants of Plucky Jennie Bowman
Riotous Scenes in the Streets of Louis
ville-The Jail Guarded by Troops and
a Gattling Gun.
LOUISVILLE, KY, April 3O.-Turner and
Patterson, the negro assailants of Jennie
Bowman, were brought back from Frank
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-06

SctL I'll aISk IA SAAS NAA
here. The police
found it necessary to
arrest about 100 peo-
pie, mostly boys. A
large mum b er of
these were parading
about wn with
small coils of rope
hanging ever their
shoulders.
Shortly after one
, o. clock Thursday
morning a mob OF
about 500 men and
boys, armed with a
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-06
The PUBLIC Debt.

WASHINGTON, May g. The public debt
statement, issued yesterday, shows re-
ductIon during April of s13,O53 093: The
net cash balance is reported to be S34, SS6,.
038, but according to the "old form" of
statement it would be over SIT, O0O,0O0
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-06

MORRIS DIAMOND, a New York book
keeper, can write 1920 words on
single postal card. Mr.. Diamond is
certainly a gem.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-06

NEW ORLEANS has abolished Sunday
drinking-places and public gambling
hnmsns
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-06

A NEW YORKER has invented a
''vacuum-carn with which to navigate
the air.